early 15c., "to make similar or the same; to balance or harmonize; distribute (ingredients) uniformly; reduce to evenness or smoothness; to set (a fracture)," from Latin aequatus "level, levelled, even, side-by-side," past participle of aequare "make even or uniform, make equal," from aequus "level, even, equal" (see equal (adj.)). Earliest use in English was of astrological calculation, then "to make equal;" meaning "to regard as equal" is early 19c. Related: Equated; equating.
雙語例句
1. The principle of hierarchy does not equate to totalitarian terror.
等級制度在原則上并不等同于極權主義恐怖。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The author doesn't equate liberalism and conservatism.
該作者沒有將自由主義和保守主義相提并論。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Some parents equate education with exam success.
有些父母認為教育就是考試成績優秀。
來自《權威詞典》
4. You can't equate passing examination and being intelligent.